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Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Photos by Martin Stubbs, Video by Bill Hunter

Phillip Island Wet & Dry

 
Sunshine and the general racket of race car preparation early on Saturday morning held the promise of a great weekend..

Before racing began, Motormarques made a short video of the special racing cars getting ready for the day's events.

John Coffin and Ken Bedggood preparing the Penrite Oils Formula Ford

John Hazelden's Cooper Austin 7 racer

General scenes around the Formula Ford garages

1928 Riley Brooklands - Ron Brownrigg

Max Brunninghausen's Chevron B8

Nota FJ of Geoff Medley kicking up the dust before rain turned the ground to mud

Bob Harborow in the Maybach II warming up

Bruce Hartwig's 1939 Chrysler

Bob Sherrard Maydale

Morris special

Jim Russell in his recently repaired Ford V8 special

The George Reed special.

Then practice began and the day looked very promising.



     
 Cooper interloper amongst  the
Elfin display
  Grant Cowie's Austin 'Duck' racer
with Ron Townley's Talbot Lago
   Ron Townley's Talbot Lago
   
 Grant Cowie tweaking Stuart
Anderson,s Talbot Darracq		  John Brigg's Veskanda   Formula Ford lineup

The weather forecast was not brilliant. Messages received from the aerial survey group warned that one hell of a storm was approaching. The competitors were not peturbed. For a while ..




     
  Brian Virgo's Marcos GT
   Nicholas Daunt's Cooper Type 39
'Bobtail'		  Stuart Steinfort driving Graeme's
Austin 7 UK 'Raid' car
 
 Trevor Montgomery's ex- Davison
'Little' Alfa		  Stuart Anderson,s Talbot Darracq
being admired		   Sa, Sb & Sc Production Sports &
Invited Cars in marshalling area
   
  Rob Sherrard,s Sauber Mercedes  Paul Stubber's Lola IMSA GTP   Steve Webb,s Elfin 360

 
 Simon Taylor's Stovebolt Special
visiting from the UK		  William Schapel's MG TC Special   Geoff Hood driving Stuart
Anderson,s Talbot Darracq
   
 George Hetrel,s Bugatti Type 35c
abandoned		  Ron Brownrigg's Brooklands Riley
& Stuart Anderson,s Talbot Darracq		  Ron Browning - Brooklands Riley

Click here to see Motormarques' coverage of Phillip Island 2008

Click here to see Motormarques' coverage of Phillip Island 2007
Last Updated ( Thursday, 26 March 2009 )
 
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